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August 18, 2014

Develop an entire world with the megalomaniac-friendly ‘Doodle God: Planet’

You’ve loved playing with the elements of life to create little worlds before, but now “Doodle God: Planet” for Windows and Windows Phone lets you unleash your originality and creativity to develop an entire planet.

August 18, 2014

Web designer uses Lumia as his ‘perfect’ personal/professional companion’

“Because it runs Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview, which merges with Microsoft’s latest desktop operating system, I have access to all my files anytime, anywhere,” Andrei Mihai says. “And there is my digital assistant Cortana. With her I’m confident that I won’t miss anything regarding my work.”

August 18, 2014

New Nokia X2 has plenty of playing – and staying – power

The Nokia X2, the newest addition to the expanding Nokia X family of affordable smartphones, has a lot of muscle behind it, with a dual-core, 1.2GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM, which enables it to perform tasks much more efficiently, writes Adam Fraser on the Conversations blog.

August 18, 2014

Latest Xbox One update, with new social and mobile features, starts rolling out

One of the most requested features on Xbox Feedback includes mobile purchases. Now, using Xbox SmartGlass or on Xbox.com, you can remotely purchase games and add-on content.

August 18, 2014

Visual Studio ‘14’ CTP 3 released, along with .NET Framework vNext

Included in the release of the community technical preview are all the Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 Web tooling improvement and ASP.NET vNext alpha 3 runtime packages. It has improved tooling support for ASP.NET vNext, such as support for build configuration and support for unit tests.

August 18, 2014

‘Quantum Break’: Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping — and only you can stop it

In “Quantum Break,” you’re Jack Joyce, caught in the blast of a university’s failed time travel experiment, with the explosion starting to break down the fabric of time itself. On the upside, you have the power to manipulate time, but you have to fight to keep time from unraveling.

August 18, 2014

Quiet riot: Dave Campbell and the art of humble disruption

With his humble, thoughtful manner, Dave Campbell might seem like an unlikely poster child for tech disruption. But his big, bold ideas have been quietly moving Microsoft for two decades – and he’s far from done.

August 18, 2014

Preview version of Microsoft Matter Center for Office 365, legal document management solution, announced

On Monday, Microsoft announced a preview version of Matter Center for Office 365, an intuitive document management and collaboration solution geared to law firms and law departments that works seamlessly with Office 365.

August 18, 2014

Bungie reveals first look at Mars in ‘Destiny,’ and it’s red-hot with action

Bungie revealed a first look at Mars in a trailer, shown here, for “Destiny” at gamescom2014 in Cologne, Germany. The first-person shooter is due out for Xbox One and Xbox 360 on Sept. 9.

August 18, 2014

A sneak peek into ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’ at gamescom 2014

Jeff Rubenstein, senior Xbox evangelist, dove in and was not disappointed. He discovered a button that makes your inquisitor jump, and reports other new-and-improved moves as well, such as swinging the flaming two-handed Inquisitor sword.